As for Philly, with offseason signings Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith, and with former first-round pick Nelson Agholor finally appearing to turn the corner as a slot receiver, the Eagles evidently deemed Matthews expendable.

The player deemed expendable by the Yankees led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a double to deep center and later scored the winning run on Nelson Cruz’s single to left to give the Mariners a 6-5 walkoff win over the Yankees.

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